TradeStation
Experience
Decades of trading innovation and development
Quality
Fast and reliable trading is our foundation
Service
Answering your questions is in our DNA
Value
Institutional-grade tools for your strategy
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Positive User Reviews
Trading Platforms
4.0
| "TradeStation's mobile platform is great. It is very user-friendly and well-designed, offering price alerts and excellent order management." - BrokerChooser |
Execution Speed
5.0
"TradeStation's mobile platform is great. It is very user - friendly and well - designed, offering price alerts and excellent order management." - BrokerChooser
Asset Variety
4.0
| "TradeStation is best if you want to do a lot of trading. It's a good pick for stock and options trading." - Bankrate |
Charting & Tools
5.0
"TradeStation delivers powerful tools, pro-level charting, and top-tier execution." - NewTrading.io
User Experience
4.0
"The ease of use between TradeStation and my broker is AMAZING! I can easily place trades on one easy to use platform." - TradingView
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Uniqueness
- AI-Powered Trading Bots and Automation: TradeStation has partnered with Option Circle to provide clients access to AI-driven trading bots and algorithmic strategies. These bots can execute trades automatically, analyze market data, and help users develop and license their own trading strategies - all within the TradeStation platform. This integration allows for no-code algorithm creation, making advanced trading accessible to a broader audience.
- AI-Driven Research and Insights: Tiblio AI's "Roger," an AI-powered options income assistant, is integrated with TradeStation to help options traders customize and automate their strategies, reducing manual effort and human error. Roger continuously calculates and assists with trade decisions, supporting up to 29 different configurations per stock symbol.
- Educational Resources: Provides lots of educational content (videos, articles, webinars) and an Options Trading Center, helping traders learn the platform and strategies.
- Wide Range of Tradable Assets: Supports stocks, options, ETFs, 600+ futures products (including micros), bonds, and even IPO participation. Great one-stop for active traders (except crypto/forex).
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Risk Considerations
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- High Account Fees: Charges some of the highest account fees in the industry – e.g. $125 outgoing transfer fee, annual IRA fee, and /month inactivity fee if criteria not met. These can eat into profits for small or infrequent investors.
- Steep Learning Curve: The advanced platform can be overwhelming for beginners; navigating the software and terminology requires some experience. Account signup was noted as a bit convoluted as well.
- Limited Research (Fundamentals): While great for technical data, TradeStation offers minimal fundamental research (no in-house stock research reports, limited third-party news beyond Benzinga). Not ideal if you want rich fundamental analysis tools.
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In the early 1980s, two brothers – William and Rafael Cruz – had a problem most traders didn't even know they had: their strategies were brilliant, but there was no way to test them without risking real money. So instead of waiting for someone else to solve it, they built the tools themselves. What began as a niche software tool for backtesting trading ideas grew into something far more powerful: TradeStation. Over the years, it evolved from a strategy-building engine into a full-fledged brokerage – one of the few built by traders, for traders. With its sleek desktop platform, full-featured automation, and proprietary EasyLanguage® scripting, TradeStation became a power-user's dream: traction, quant, and technical purists. Now owned by Jacks' Monex Group, it continues to push the frontier – recently integrating AI tools like TOGGLE to help modern traders stay ahead. From a garage-built tool to a globally recognized broker, TradeStation's story is one of innovation born out of necessity and refined by decades of listening to serious traders.